Wait wait, I know theres another thread in which people just yelled at the poster to research the tech himself. Let me just say, I've spent quite a bit of my time doing just that. The majority of youtube's "best budget laptops for students" are full of non budget laptops (aka, over 1k USD) or clearly sponsored tech "geniuses" that did little to no beforehand research - both cases being heavily blasted in the comment sections. Googling the same brings up several tech websites, many of which were again sponsored to say the best possible things about each laptop and downplay any cons creating a confusing jumbled mess of why the Macbook Pro is worse than an Asus Chromebook.
What I'm looking for in this thread:
- truthful experiences from a close knit and tech-savvy community pertaining to literally any laptop under the sun
- please note: I did ask a couple young gentlemen that played Overwatch/PUBG/COD but they called me a racial slur and I left it at that
What I'm looking for in a laptop:
- under 600 USD would be desirable unless posts made clearly point to committing to around 1k
- something primarily for school (and I take a lot of coding-heavy classes if that helps)
- I also like messing around with music and video editing
- I would almost definitely look to install TF2 on my laptop
- insertable into standard sized backpacks
- decent speeds but by all means, if something is $200 and runs faster than an $800...
What I really dont care about:
- looks, backlit keyboards, resolution, two-in-one
tldr: LF best possible power for dollar, need for school, need real life/relatable experiences rather than sponsored bs
Wait wait, I know theres another thread in which people just yelled at the poster to research the tech himself. Let me just say, I've spent quite a bit of my time doing just that. The majority of youtube's "best budget laptops for students" are full of non budget laptops (aka, over 1k USD) or clearly sponsored tech "geniuses" that did little to no beforehand research - both cases being heavily blasted in the comment sections. Googling the same brings up several tech websites, many of which were again sponsored to say the best possible things about each laptop and downplay any cons creating a confusing jumbled mess of why the Macbook Pro is worse than an Asus Chromebook.
What I'm looking for in this thread:
- truthful experiences from a close knit and tech-savvy community pertaining to literally any laptop under the sun
- please note: I did ask a couple young gentlemen that played Overwatch/PUBG/COD but they called me a racial slur and I left it at that
What I'm looking for in a laptop:
- under 600 USD would be desirable unless posts made clearly point to committing to around 1k
- something primarily for school (and I take a lot of coding-heavy classes if that helps)
- I also like messing around with music and video editing
- I would almost definitely look to install TF2 on my laptop
- insertable into standard sized backpacks
- decent speeds but by all means, if something is $200 and runs faster than an $800...
What I really dont care about:
- looks, backlit keyboards, resolution, two-in-one
tldr: LF best possible power for dollar, need for school, need real life/relatable experiences rather than sponsored bs
just buy a t430 for $80, upgrade ur RAM and call it a day
god bless
just buy a t430 for $80, upgrade ur RAM and call it a day
god bless
I don't have a lot of experience with budget laptops but when I went to college and needed to buy a laptop, the recommended laptops by my college for developers were all far above $1000 from what I remember. I'm sure I could manage with a slightly cheaper laptop than whatever I bought back then for ~€1700 but I think you'll have a hard time finding anything worthwhile for under $600 if the sole purpose is not just taking notes in class, but it also depends on the coding classes you take. Are you doing stuff like machine learning, web development, data science, IoT, computer graphics, game development...?
I don't have a lot of experience with budget laptops but when I went to college and needed to buy a laptop, the recommended laptops by my college for developers were all far above $1000 from what I remember. I'm sure I could manage with a slightly cheaper laptop than whatever I bought back then for ~€1700 but I think you'll have a hard time finding anything worthwhile for under $600 if the sole purpose is not just taking notes in class, but it also depends on the coding classes you take. Are you doing stuff like machine learning, web development, data science, IoT, computer graphics, game development...?
people usually call me crazy when i mention amazon warehouse for buying laptops, but it worked for me. just look for ones that were returned without being used because of like external scratches or some shit. mine was <$400 runs tf2 ok, lasted four years and counting. ymmv
people usually call me crazy when i mention amazon warehouse for buying laptops, but it worked for me. just look for ones that were returned without being used because of like external scratches or some shit. mine was <$400 runs tf2 ok, lasted four years and counting. ymmv
As gentleman #2 mentioned, if you're going to be primarily running IDEs and TF2, a T4X0 will do you fine. As a bonus, you'll have the best laptop keyboard design ever made. Replace the RAM in it and you'll be good to go. Also you'll have the option to replace the screen (IPS is a must) and keyboard down the road.
As gentleman #2 mentioned, if you're going to be primarily running IDEs and TF2, a T4[b]X[/b]0 will do you fine. As a bonus, you'll have the best laptop keyboard design ever made. Replace the RAM in it and you'll be good to go. Also you'll have the option to replace the screen (IPS is a must) and keyboard down the road.
First off, big thanks for the input from everyone. I did not even realize amazon warehouse existed (otherwise known as having a low iq). To answer #3, web dev, comp graphics, game dev
First off, big thanks for the input from everyone. I did not even realize amazon warehouse existed (otherwise known as having a low iq). To answer #3, web dev, comp graphics, game dev